Han Qi immediately pulled several black, unremarkable-looking ore chunks from his person. Each one was the size of a palm.
Then he raised both hands high and offered them to Jiang Liu.
These Star Iron Stones were arguably the largest chunks Mount Island had obtained since it began mining them.
That was why he had kept these several ore chunks on him all this time.
He had been looking for an opportunity to see whether he could offer them to the person who could protect Mount Island.
Now that Jiang Liu wanted them—and Jiang Liu was precisely the person to whom he had wanted to offer these ores—
he had presented them so readily and willingly.
The Wu Family had sought him out countless times before, yet he had ignored them all.
Jiang Liu accepted the Star Iron Stones and carefully examined them.
He found that, in appearance, they were no different from the ores he usually came into contact with.
However, the moment the Star Iron Stones entered his hands, he discovered that these ore chunks were heavier than any ores he had handled before.
Moreover, the entire ore chunks looked black and dull. Other than the points of light scattered across them, resembling stars radiating light, there was nothing unusual about them.
Jiang Liu picked up one of the ore chunks and gave it a light, casual squeeze.
"Hmm?" Jiang Liu let out a startled sound.
With his current strength, let alone ore, he could easily leave marks even on a sacred artifact.
Although he had not used much force when squeezing just now, leaving fingerprints on the ore should not have been difficult.
Yet not only had he failed to leave fingerprints on the Star Iron Stone, his fingers had instead felt a faint, raw ache.
That